hanumandrea

About Me

Greetings! I joined this community in Feb. 2011, just after recieving positive results for gluten antibodies. On March 14 I was diagnosed with celiac disease via an endoscopy. I am happy to know that I have celiac disease because I think it may underlie some serious health problems I have had.

In the last 6 years I have tried vegetarianism, yoga, ayurveda, Chinese medicine, chiropractic, and endocrine supplements to resolve my lack of energy, total lack of periods for between the age of 23 and 27, osteoporosis, insomnia and low-adrenal symptoms. Celiac may be behind most of these symptoms, and I am now investigating my ever-evolving food sensitivities which seem to be related to the damage to the intestinal lining that celiac causes.

One crucial thing I have discovered is that doctors do not necessarily know what is best for me. I am taking the approach of becoming highly tuned to my body, along with doing research, to become an assertive participant in my own health care.

I'm pretty sure I have loooow magnesium and it gets worse near my period and I lose my appetite and gag on everything I eat. Bowels are loose but all I'm eating is salmon, sweet potato and raw carrots last couple days. The right amount of magnesium shouldn't cause you to be runny. If it does lower the dose until you find a level that keeps you regular. I would think a little should be taken regardless of diarrhea from another cause as...couldn't you be more deficient because of it?

I also find that I lose my appetite near my period, and crave dark chocolate, recently. Over the last 6 mnoths I also have prolonged muscle soreness after exercising. I have heard many women say that they crave soymilk before their period. (Or, as for me, dark chocolate . I wonder if this is the body's way of trying to get more magnesium to reduce uterine cramping, as soybeans are one of hte top 10 magnesium-rich foods. In any case it is interesting to hear your testimony about this.